inches. it is tuesday night and the big story on "action news" is the careful watch on the storm's track. the snow arrives overnight and likely to cause issues for part of the morning commute and live now on sky 6 hd over the ben franklin and clouds have moved in and snow is coming and how much you get depends on where you live. annie mccormick is standing by live at the salt yard. and cecily tynan has more on the timing of the snow. >> reporter: hi rick, double scan live radar showing the band of snow out to the west. and moving more north than east. it's taking a long time to move into the philadelphia area. it's fighting dry air and also fighting slightly above temperatures in philadelphia and notice we do have light snow parts of lancaster county and berks county and the lehigh valley. and the poconos this really is not accumulating much but these areas will be getting the bulk of the snow.

temperatures show you in allentown and reading and lancaster, 32 degrees and poconos 27 but philadelphia it's still 43 and atlantic city airport 38 and well above freezing and it will take a while for that column of air to drop below freezing and for the moisture to move in. a winter weather advisory is posted for areas west of the pennsylvania turnpike. and the poconos is under a winter storm warning and parts of the poconos could get up to 6 inches of snow and the ski resorts are happy about that. the problem with the system future tracker 6 showing it's here in time for the wednesday morning commute. light snow but even a little bit of snow can cause big problems, the morning rush, definitely philadelphia and areas north and west. use caution and allow extra time and roads are still snowy and slippery and snowy until 8:00 in the morning and south jersey and delaware it starts as rain and

flipped over to snow at the very end at 9:00. mainly wet and do be careful there there could be slick spots on roads and temperatures there dropping around freezing and we'll talk about totals where you live coming up in the full accuweather forecast. >> lets switch to annie mccoralic live montgomery county. >> it feels like it has been a long winter. don't worry there is plenty of resources left. you see behind me the amount of salt getting ready for another event. penndot will use all 180 state trucks and 170 contracted trucks to cover 3,000 miles that they cover in five counties for district six. those preparations began today.

inside of the penndot command center they monitor road conditions and they will treat the roads overnight where there is less traffic and salt is laid down when snowfalls. drivers can get an idea of where the plow trucks are and where drivers should avoid by using the 511 app. >> can you you can pull up an app and click on the dots and know what it has done and what direction it is headed in. and gives you an idea of where the plows are in your area. as far as your drive. >> penndot is getting a number of calls about potholes in the area, and when weather events happen that takes precedence and they can't fix the post holes in the time. and they are created by treating the roads ahead of the event but when the weather event is over and the roads are clear they will get back to fixing the potholes around the area.

reporting live annie mccormick, channel 6 "action news." >> thank you. get the latest on the snowfall and check the weather forecast on your cell phone or tablet. "action news" gets an early start tomorrow morning to bring you the latest news, weather and traffic. we'll lit foe if there is school delays or closings. tune in tomorrow at 4:00 on 6 abc. a big day for eagles fans they had their sights on tickets for the nfc championship game against the vikings and they sold out almost instantly online. bob brooks is live now where fans want to be for sunday's big game. >> i too wanted to be at the game inside and i tried to get my hands on tickets and that didn't work. what this means people can get

tickets but may have to pay extra. >> what would you be willing to pay? >> probably $100. >> to get a ticket to the nfc championship game now you'll have to pay more. at 10:00 sharp this morning an important part of the championship game happened. tickets went on sale at ticket master.com. i was at my desk waiting. >> 10:03, looking for tickets it's not looking good. 10:04, now same message no tickets but creep trying. >> but it didn't work out for me. and i tried calling at 10:00 but the ticket line was busy and they sold extremely quick and we ventured into the city to see if anyone had luck and one woman thought i had them. >> do you have any? >> i don't, i tried. >> so, no i'm not.

>> if you want tickets to see is the birds on sunday you have to pay big on the fan to fan exchange or another online exchange. on stubhub the lowest price is up over $300. >> i can't afford that i need sweaters and clothes and shoes and boots. >> are you styling and looking good. >> thank you. >> you are looking at paying a couple grand for seats. and they advise buying from rep puttable ticket sites only. another tip to remember, i'm sure we all heard the phrase if a deal is too good to be true, it probably is. if you see tickets that are extremely cheap they are probably fake. reporting live in south philadelphia. bob brooks, channel 6 "action news." >> hottest ticket in town bob, thank you. >> new jersey has a new governor tonight.

democrat phil murphy was sworn in today. in his first official address the top official at the garden state took aim at the top official of the country, donald trump. vernon odom is live now. >> reporter: he did indeed rick. mr. phil murphy is a hard line democrat. and chris christie is the dominant political personality here for the last eight years but now that era is over and a new day here in trenton. >> the powers delegated to me -- >> at high noon supreme court justice swore in the new governor. governor phil murphy is a multimillion from wall street and a diplomat during the obama administration and never held elected office before. he promised to work to undue work of president trump's directions. and took aim at the widely

racist remarks. >> it's leadership that made our countries a place where immigrants still come in hope of a better future and that includes from haiti and the continent of africa. >> he promised to align himself with unions and school funding and pension funding and raise the minimum wage to $15 an hour. >> the public is tired of pessimistic and short sighted thinking. they have rejected the politics of division of us, versus them and ask the us to focus on we. all 9 million of us. from a mostly democratic crowd rave reviews for the new governor of the garden state. >> i am gratified to hear about his equal pay for women and respect for all nationalities and it was a breath of fresh

air. >> promoting equal pay for women and looking forward to improved minimum wage. >> monica, governor murphy and the new first lady, tammy murphy have left trenton now headed for east rutherford in northern new jersey, that is where the inaugural ball is tonight at met life stadium. vernon odom, channel 6 "action news" reporting live from trenton. >> thank you. a possible government shut down is just days away and getting a deal on the daca program is holding up the funding bill. it keeps 800,000 from deportation. and president trump rejected a pipe plan. and the offensive comments that the president allegedly made. white house press sent says they want to separate immigration issues from getting the budget

deal. time for the traffic report on a tuesday night. >> lets go back to gina gannon in for matt pellman. >> i have a word an accident, a tractor trailer lost its wheel and creating a mess out here. blocking the left lane. and you see the penndot arrow and activity blocking the right lane. the blue route to the state line 17 minutes now. and the accident here in delaware county. 95 southbound past the commodore barry bridge you will want to allow more time. again 17 minutes from the state line to the blue route. i want to take you to another iss issue, 95 at tal gainy at the shoulder it's slowing it down, 95 southbound wide woodhaven to the vine 15 minutes. northbound you are heavy 19 minutes and i would say vair delays from the vine to the

allegheny. i also want to draw your attention to the broad street line. we have an issue where a pedestrian was stuck on the tracks and we see shuttle busing from eerie and girard. definitely an issue this afternoon. >> thank you gina. still to come on "action news," be careful what type of sugar you are eating, why eating fruit is the best way to consume the sweet stuff and how much added sugar a man and woman should have each day.

former white house chief strategist, steve bannon spent hours answering questions about the russia probe. the panel was expected to ask bannon for the reason why they fired james comey and other executive actions as it's "new york times" report that bannon was subpoenaed to testify before a grand jury. most of us resolve to eat more fruits and vegetables but people worry about the sugar, a natural staple in fruit. they detail the truth behind sugar in fruit and how it effects your weight. here is ali gorman.

>> the sugar in a piece of fruit and candy bar are the same but your body progresses the sugars in fruits differently. because of the fiber it helps to slow down the sugar in your blood stream. >> it shows it can help with weight control and help prevent against types of cancer and heart disease. >> consumer reports say that most people should eat more whole fruit. >> when they talk about limit your sugar intake that means added sugars like cake, candy and soda. >> but what about the sugars in fruit juice, that is almost as bad as the sugars added to food. it lacks fibers. >> and smoothies can be tricky. some are made with fruit juice or yogurt or sorbet that could have add said sugar.

check the label for store bought fruit smoothies for added sugar. >> a new rule for the future makes it easier to see the sugars. a line just for added sugars, over the course of a day you want to aim to keep your total number for men to under 36 grams and women under 25 grams. ali gorman, channel 6 "action news." >> the sentiment of service and community. residents of bensalem tack part in this, part of unity week in honor of martin luther king jr. part of the building a better bensalem coalition. you ok? eczema. it's fine. hey! hi! aren't you hot? eczema again? it's fine. i saw something the other day.

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citigroup plans to boost the salaries for women and minorities to close pay gaps in germany. paying 90 per of what women and non-minorities are paid. to get rid of the 1% difference. they are the first company to address equality among workers. buying whole foods seems to

be paying off for amazon, it boost sales for the delivery service amazon fresh it increased 35% in the last months. they purchased whole foods last summer. dunkin' donuts unveiled the first of the next generation concept stores, it opened in dunkin's home town of quincy, massachusetts it includes a separate drive-thru lane for customers that made mobile orders. >> more ahead on "action news" at 5:00 tonight. another check of the interesting accuweather forecast. >> a lot of snow coming our way for some folks. as we head to break we share some eagles pride. >> eagles! >> go eagles! beat minnesota. >> we bleed green go eagles! >> eagles!

drone 6 flew high over the bridge today. you see here the ice jam that continues to be on the water and one side of the river is flowing freely and a flood warning was issued for the area but has since been canceled. time tore the accuweather forecast. meteorologist, cecily tynan is

here with the somewhat wintry details and happened while we were sleeping. it's a big problem for the morning commute and the timing is an issue not a big storm but enough to cause problems tomorrow morning. >> hey. >> we were working together for like 30 years. >> over to the "action news" weather center, double scan live radar showing this nuisance storm heading our way. it's a cold front basically a clipper and if you look offshore. the low pressure is developing and they don't join forces until the northern of our region across new england and that will help throw in moisture and enhance the snowfall for the region. the accuweather highlights show you a snowy start for wednesday and once the system moves out a sunny stretch comes on thursday and extended thaw on the way and whatever falls will not last that long. philadelphia on the warm side for this time of year, 43

degrees and beach haven 38 and notice allentown and reading and lancaster, you are at 32 degrees and they are dealing with light snow showers on and off through the day up there. satellite 6 along with action radar showing the system i am tracking the low pressure developing offshore and the cold front pushing in slowly from the west. and this line of snow extends all the way down to texas. houston dealing with snow and ice and a lot of flights canceled there. one of my facebook viewers says she can't fly to philadelphia, they can't deal with it down there. philadelphia down to 30 and allentown 27 and wilmington 29 and cape may slightly above freezing 33 degrees, future tracker 6 timing it out 11:00 tonight when we are on the air. it's not snowing in philadelphia. a lot of clouds and snowing in the lehigh valley and the poconos and northern lancaster county.

as the moisture moves in it will begin as rain in philadelphia around 2:00 in the morning and the air cools down, by 5:00 it's snowing in philadelphia and the i-95 corridor and it's still raining in south jersey. and 7:00 it's over for the lehigh valley and berks county and the poconos and it extends into interior south jersey and the coast and out of here by the afternoon and the sunshine is back. this is kind a take away it begins at snow in the lehigh valley. starts as rain and quick turn over to snow philadelphia and southeast takes longer to change to snow. slowest commute pennsylvania. delaware and new jersey slick spots but mainly rain. barely anything at all. interior south jersey and northern delaware a coating to inch. and north of philadelphia coaty 1 to 2 inches and berks county 2

to 4 and the poconos where they want the snow 4 to 6 inches will fall. afternoon sunshine tomorrow and 35 and friday 43 and saturday 51 and sunday mild for the eagles game 56 degrees and another system on monday. i'll talk about that in the seven-day forecast. >> thank you cecily. still to come on the next half our of "action news," a heart warming gesture caught on camera. what one woman says restored her final in humanity. and the ronald mcdonald house will use a grant. and a serious story from california where 13 siblings had to be rescued from their home after they were chained by but their own parents.

"action news" continues. >> hello again, here is what is happening on "action news" tonight. a california couple is accused of abusing their own 13 children

and holding them captive in their home. the latest in a live report. the ronald mcdonald house is getting a big grant and that means more room for families that need to stay. and the heart warming video of a doctor making sure a homeless man had a coat during a recent cold snap down south. and another check of the accuweather forecast, we are under a weather alert for tomorrow morning. it could make the morning commute dicey and difficult and slow. cecily tynan joins us with the latest. >> timing is everything and if you look at this on radar you see the snow is not progressing east and it will be here in time for the morning commute and that will likely cause problems. right now double scan live radar showing it's already lightly snowing in parts of the lehigh valley and northern berks county and western lancaster county and this will gradually work to the

east as we move through the overnight hours. winter weather advisorys posted northern of the pennsylvania turnpike going into effect at 8:00 tonight until noon on thursday. the poconos could get up to 6 inches of snow. ski sorts are happy about this forecast. and the timing and how much you get depends on the location. the lehigh valley. the snow started it's really light is now and increasing in intensity as we head through the evening hours, pennsylvania suburbs including philadelphia as well. starts as rain 1:00, 2:00 in the morning and changes over to snow at 3:00 in the morning and south jersey and delaware moves in as rain between 3:00 and 5:00, and do be careful there could be freezing rain and a change over to snow in the morning hours. and 5:00 a change ore to snow there. 6:30 in the morning, this is when temperatures start to crash and freezing in philadelphia and slightly above freezing in south jersey and then temperatures

touching freezing at 9:00. the rush hour impact. again depends on your location. philadelphia areas northwest and we could have big problems, snowy until 8:00 in the morning and roads are slippery and snow covered. south jersey and delaware the rain changes over to snow by about 9:00. mainly wet for the roads and could be slick spots i'll talk about how much snow to expect and a big pattern change in the full accuweather forecast. >> all right thank you. "action news" will get an early start tomorrow morning to bring you the latest news weather and traffic. matt, tam, karen and david will let you know. tune in here at 4:00 a.m. on 6 abc. now to the disturbing case of child abuse out of california. the couple is accused of holding their 13 children captive and

some were shackled to the furniture. here is more on how the case came to light and she joins us live from los angeles. >> reporter: rick, investigators say this is like nothing they have ever seen and they are praising the bravery of one of the children, a 17-year-old that came forward to report the abuse. >> authorities say it was one of the 13 abused children that alerted them to what was happening inside of this home. >> she managed to escape through a window, call 911 and show investigators pictures of the abuse. >> i have been in health care for a long time and never seen this. >> video shows officers swarming in and taking their parent as way in handcuffs. they found three of the 12 remaining children inside chained to furniture. calling the condition of the home horrific, the children were so badly malnourished some of them adults as old as 29, looking like children.

>> appearing to be a 10-year-old and chained to a bed. i would call that torture. >> abc news spoke with david's parents they are shocked by the allegations and that they are considered a good christian family in their community. >> these kids are going to need a lot of support. it's not going to be anything that you go to, a few sessions of therapy and you are all better. this is going to be long-term. >> reporter: and investigators say this this was their first time being call to the home and they do not know how long the chirp were kept in those conditions. >> thank you for that report from california. back here a developing story tonight. septa is running shuttle buses between eerie and girard after a woman was hit by a train. the 35-year-old was hit by a northbound train at allegheny avenue at 4:00 today. as a result buses are brought in to get commuters to their stops, we don't know the woman's

condition and we'll continue to follow the story. a man has died after being shot multiple times in philadelphia. gunshots rang out before 1:00 this morning along the 800 block of north 12th street and when police arrived they found a 27-year-old man in the road unresponsive and rushed him to the hop where he had surgery but did not survive. a short time later a man was killed in southwest philadelphia. the victim shot in the head and back and his body was found on the south block of 17th street. they do not have any with one in custody. a warning for drivers watch out for potholes they are popping up all over and our weather is to blame. the pothole three feet wide opened up at cotman and oxford avenue. they are scrambling to fill

potholes like this all over the city. if you come across one call 311 or use the app to report it. time for an update on the commute home for your tuesday evening. >> a lot of accidents out there. delaware county, i told you about an accident in delaware county near the commodore f that is on the shoulder. this son the southbound side of 95 approaching the blue route. definitely slowing you down. if you are a del care commuter give yourself more time. 17 minutes slow on it's southbound side. a tractor trailer looks to be part of that accident and police are on the scene. and again the earlier accident there around the commodore barry bridge has since been moved to the shoulder but still slowing you down. travel times because of that accident on 95 at the blue route we see blue route delays.

between 76, 45 minutes delays and eastbound a half hour between the blue route and the vine. and in the green westbound. and 21 minutes now between the vine to woodhaven. back to you. >> thank you. >> meantime, auto new career opportunities gathered in king of prussia. >> a job fair at the crown plaza hotel and employees were on hand for health care and law enforcement and some companies were hiring on the spot. still ahead on "action news" tuesday night. the philadelphia ronald mcdonald house was expanding and one family that was turned away because there was not room. >> and the 6 abc save a life campaign is underway. and the eagles play the vikings on sunday and jaime apody has the report on how the team is getting ready. matty and lucas has a

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fire safety as you know begins with education for 26 years in a row. here is "action news" jeanette reyes with what is being done to keep your loved ones safe. >> this morning at the philadelphia fire academy. >> thousands of life saving devices were handed out. >> fire marshals office -- >> the 26th annual operation 6 abc save a life campaign got under way with the help of dozens of volunteers that handed out 10,000 smoke alarms to officials representing 45 fire companies in pennsylvania, delaware and new jersey. >> to save lives. to alert the people and make sure they have one in the house and make sure they check them as they go. the best thing about the smoke alarms, is that they are more

aware of what is it dwog on in their home. >> we are part of the community and we have to use our resources and our voice to make a difference in the community. and we know that smoke detectors can save lives. kidde donated the smoke alarms and the event is made possible by the generous support of home depot and toyota tri-state dealers association. >> everybody gets together and supports the community. >> one of our core vol yous giving back and this is something we like to do to help out our local communities. >> having lost one fire lieutenant and several civilians in fightal fires this year. adam teal says he has seen the difference. >> when we go to fires as they were going into the building they passed a family on the way out because they are alerted by a working smoke alarm. all right good to know. the ronald mcdonald house in

university city is expanding. governor wolf approve aid million grand to expand facility. right now they are turning way four out of five families because there is not room. the spenters of langhorne was one of those fams. the second time there was room and made all the difference. >> we want to thank everyone for understanding the needs that the ronald mcdonald house has, at a time it was tough for our family we were able to stay here and be close together and it was so meaningful. >> the ronald mcdonald house has 35 rooms and the goal is to expand the number to 127. >> terrific. the big talk around town the philadelphia eagles. the team is so close they just need to beat the vikings to go to the super bowl. >> coming up sunday night at the link. as coaches tell you will there is plenty more to do.

sunday as nfc championship game will be here before we know it. for more on the birds, we join jaime apody live in south philadelphia. >> it's hard to say who i wanted to win that other nfc game. the vikings defense scares me so did the saints offense. drew brees and company looks like a machine but it's the vikings whose bags are packed for philly. the birds watched like the rest of us and waited until the last second to see who the opponent would be. stephan diggs scored with no time left. >> it's going be the vikings or saints? >> that is how it was and then the last play happened and i guess it's the voibs.

>> what was your initial thoughts? >> it didn't matter to me who it was. i'm looking forward to another opportunity to try to get a ring. >> what is it like knowing who you will play? >> yes, it was weird. i think everyone pretty much assumed the last 30 seconded or so we would be playing the saints. it was fun to watch. >> someone who had a lot of stake there watching the last 30 seconds, the kendricks family. an interesting side note. eagle linebacker michael kendricks is playing against his brother, vikings linebacker, michael kendricks but this is the city of brotherly love. i'm glad i am not their parents. jaime apody, channel 6 "action news." >> all right thank you. >> we are ramping up sports sunday and friday night at 7:30 the "action news" sports team brings you a special preview

party broadcasting live from chickies and petes in south philadelphia. the flyers face the islanders and they won four in a row and may catch the rangers at the right time they dropped 7 of 10. >> we are worried about ourselves. focus on the success we are having and continuing. >> spring is in the air. can you feel it? we are inside of a month until phillies spring training and a few players were at the ball part to meet with the media. and reece hoskins is in for an interesting season with the addition of carlos santana. hos kins moving to left field. >> it's a new challenge. we are presented with a new challenge we want to be the best we can at it. i'm looking forward to it. there is a lot of learning and things that are necessarily went my way last year because of the

timing of everything and i'm looking forward to it. and i think it's going to be a smooth transition. >> and the eagles have a lot of fans in the phillies clubhouse and we'll hear from the phillies about their eagle fandom. >> couple of the 76ers served up coffee at this dunkin' donuts location at here in spring garden. they had a chance to win prizes including tickets to an upcoming sixers home game and the dunk squad was on hand along with the dunkins mascot. >> still to come the exclusive accuweather forecast with snow. we are looking live now clear skies over the ben franklin bridge and i-95 in penn's landing and things change overnight and cecily tynan has the details when we come right back.

lets get the latest on the accuweather forecast. cecily tynan here now on the track. and how much? >> not much for philadelphia south jersey and delaware. more for the poconos and the lehigh valley but the timing though. tomorrow morning. >> good for skiers. >> they will love it especially because it's warm this weekend. the action cam taking a look at

university city today. where it was pretty mild and looking on the ground the snow has all melted thanks to the warm temperatures last friday and the rain. and more snow is on the way and live on sky 6 hd taking a look and the ski resorts are excited about this. spring mountain there are a few skiers and snowboarders out there. temperatures are not that bad. philadelphia 43 degrees and the average high is 40, so slightly above normal. allentown and lancaster down to 32 degrees and trenton 39 and cape may 40 degrees. heading through the day tomorrow. we have the snow early and it shuts off by midmorning and by the afternoon sunshine appearing although temperatures will be stuck in the 30s so there will be a chill in the air. actually for the next two days. right now stormtracker 6 live double scan showing the system i'm tracking and there is a cold

front that is draped across -- follow me come over here. there we go. the cold front is draped across central pennsylvania. you see how it's not progressing easiest and it won't do so until after midnight tonight. and there is low pressure off the coast and sets up what is known as an inverted trough a feed of moisture that helps to enhance the snow. but we are not talking about a big storm. stormtracker 6 live double scan zooming in the northern lehigh valley and northern lancaster and berks county. this is where it is staying until after midnight. tonight rain changing to snow in philadelphia and areas north and west of philadelphia all snow. and overnight low 37 degrees for center city. 11:00 tonight the snow line has not moved although the snow will be somewhat enhanced and heavier by then. 2:00 in the morning it starts as

rain and change over to snow by 5:00 in the morning. rain across south jersey and 7:00 it's all snow except for right along the coast by 9:00 it's moving off the coast and by 5:00 we have the return of the sunshine. and as far as snowfall amounts we are talking about extreme south jersey and delaware really nothing a few wet flakes a coating to an inch across south jersey and northern delaware 1 to 2 north of and the poconos happy about this, 4 to 6 inches of snow. the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast early snow and then sunshine 35. and thursday mostly sunny and 37 and then we begin to warm things up friday 43 and saturday up into the 50s. 51. and sunday mostly cloudy and mild and 56. kickoff temperature for the eagles game 48 and not that cold. and stays warm on monday 54 degrees and we cool off a bit on tuesday and above normal 45 degrees, it looks like we are in

for an extended thaw we have to get through tomorrow and thursday and temperatures really warm. >> thank you cecily. >> as always get the latest updates on the expected snowfall and check stormtracker 6 live double scan any time on your phone or tablet. the 6 abc app a free download for your mobile devices. >> still ahead on "action news" a touching moment caught on camera. see the kind gesture that one woman says renews her final in humanity. and we want to show another video showing how excited our fans are including a few members of the bird gang the hooters performing their rendition of the fight song last week here we go ♪ fly eagles fly on the road to victory ♪

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garners attention online. watch as a doctor in birmingham, alabama took off his coat and gave it to a homeless man this happened over the weekend as temperatures struggled to hit 31 degrees. the woman was sitting at the light and witnessed this and recorded it and it restored her faith in humanity. >> how lovely is that. great to see. jim gardner is standing by with these stories next at 6:00. they are tracking snow in our region and phil murphy is sworn in as new jersey governor. >> they developed this sketch of a rape suspect based on dna and not a witness description. coming up next at 6:00. for cecily tynan, adam joseph, monica malpass, ducis rogers and the entire "action news" team have a nice evening. ,000 in america last year.

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when you ask for help, help is there for you. "action news" delaware valley's leading news program. with ducis rogers, cecily tynan and jl. tuesday night and eagles championship tickets sell out in a flash. and democrat phil murphy is sworn in as new jersey's 56th governor. but the big story is the approach of a wintry mix for the tri-state area, stormtracker 6 live double scan shows the messy system coming in from the west and this is one of those situations, where the poconos, berks county and the lehigh valley bears the brunt of the accumulation.

walter perez is in west reading tonight and first lets get the latest from accuweather and meteorologist, cecily tynan. what is the story? >> double scan live radar showing this snow draped across pennsylvania, it has not started to progress eastward and probably won't until after midnight. the problem is that during the morning commute for most of the area it's snowing. it's already started snowing lightly in the northern and lehigh valley and northern berks. and the band has not started to work eastward yesterday and will gradually as this system feeds in with the moisture from the developing low offshore. temperatures show it will take a while for the snow to start, it's going start as rain in philadelphia. 40 right now and trenton 38 and millville 36 and cape may 40 and ins allentown and reading it's 32 degrees all snow there. a winter weather